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Old 08/31/07, 07:58 AM
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weigh tape

Can someone tell me how a dairy goat wiegh tape differs from a cattle tape?
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Old 08/31/07, 07:43 PM
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Steff, they don't differ at all....A inch is an inch in any language. Just use a sewing cloth tape or whatever. The only difference is the chart that you use...for example here is a dairy goat chart.

Measure around the heart girth, just behind the front legs.
Pull snugly.
INCHES POUNDS INCHES POUNDS INCHES POUNDS
10.25 4.2 25.25 57 40.25 180
11.25 5.5 26.25 63 41.25 190
12.25 6.5 27.25 69 42.25 200
13.25 8 28.25 75 43.25 210
14.25 10 29.25 81 44.25 220
15.25 12 30.25 87 45.25 230
16.25 15 31.25 93 46.25 240
17.25 19 32.25 101 47.25 250
18.25 23 33.25 110 48.25 260
19.25 27 34.25 120 49.25 270
20.25 31 35.25 130 50.25 280
21.25 35 36.25 140 51.25 290
22.25 39 37.25 150 52.25 300
23.25 43 38.25 160 53.25 310
24.25 51 39.25 179 54.25 320
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Old 09/01/07, 05:23 AM
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thanks that would have been the right thing to ask LOL
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